 The official website for Shaft's upcoming OVA project Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai has announced additional cast and staff members, along with the theme songs and their performers.Cast Akane: Yuu Shimamura (Bungou Stray Dogs) Kanami: Ayako Kawasumi (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) Sakaki: Kenji Hamada (ef: A Tale of Melodies.) Maki: Aya Endou (So Ra No Wo To) Yayoi: Haruna Ikezawa (Kimikiss Pure Rouge) Iria: Mariya Ise (Hunter x Hunter (2011)) Rei: Houko Kuwashima (Hakuouki) Akari: Natsuko Kuwatani (Mahou Sensei Negima!) Hikari: Ryouko Shintani (Hidamari Sketch) Teruko: Yuuko Gotou (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) Aikawa: Yuuko Kaida (Ikkitousen) Staff Chief Director: Akiyuki Shinbou (Bakemonogatari) Director: Yuki Yase (Mekaku City Actors) Series Composition: Fuyashi Tou (Koyomimonogatari) Script: Yukito Kizawa (Tsukimonogatari) Animation Director: Hirofumi Suzuki (Colorful) Art Director: Ken Naitou (Hanamonogatari) Art Setting: Morihito Ohara (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) Storyboard: okama (Getsumen To Heiki Mina) Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Owarimonogatari) Director of Photography: Rei Egami (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei) Color Design: Yasuko Watanabe (Nisekoi), Jin Hibino (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru) Editing: Rie Matsubara (Sakamoto desu ga?) Opening Theme Song: "Cobalt World" by Sangatsu no Phantasia Ending Theme Song: "Märchen" by Kalafina The OVA series will consist of eight episodes, with the first episode to be released on October 26, 2016. PV Note: The video is region-locked; click here for an alternative link. Source: Nijipoi |
tsubasaloverAug 27, 2016 1:18 AM
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| I'm so hyped for this since Nisio is my favorite author and I love all his works that's been made into an anime so far. I wish I could buy the novels but seeing as there's only two that were officially translated and the first book is pretty rare, it looks like I'm gonna have to wait. |
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| Chief Director: Akiyuki Shinbou Good ol' Shinbo slithering into every show like a shake he is. |
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| Should be good. Personally, I'm interested in the Zaregoto novels so going to see how they will adapt this. |
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| So Dear LN readers, disappointed with the character designs or are these good enough despite being different from LN? |
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| I've been waiting years and years for a Zaregoto adaptation. I'm happy with an OVA. Also. HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK, FINALLY, ZAREGOTO, OH GOD YES. |
| @tsubasalover, Morihito Ohara (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) should be credited for Art Setting. (Source: Official site) The project staff looks decent, except I didn't exactly want Yuki Yase to handle this one. Hopefully they'll manage though. |
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| @Vindstot Updated the list. Thank you. |
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CG-Silver said: So Dear LN readers, disappointed with the character designs or are these good enough despite being different from LN? Take's art in Zaregoto is stunning, so I was really disappointed with the gatari-like designs to be honest. but at the end I at least hope it's gonna be good adaptation wise. the staff isn't satisfying imo but I have faith in shaft. |
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| @tsubasalover Yuki Yase never directed Monogatari Series Second Season only storyboarded a few episodes, should list him rather with Mekaku City Actors which he actually directed for accuracy (as other roles were as episode director). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway great staff overall, a lot of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica staff members involved on the art and sound/music side of things, which is great to see. Looking forward to some more SHAFT creativity. |
    Cant believe there are people crying about the art style muh Take. Do you read the novel or you just look at illustrations. Look at 1 comparison and you can tell its very similar. There are plenty more similarities with other characters. Don't let ppl who haven't read the novel fool you. |
Vindstot said: @tsubasalover, Morihito Ohara (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) should be credited for Art Setting. (Source: Official site) The project staff looks decent, except I didn't exactly want Yuki Yase to handle this one. Hopefully they'll manage though. he got some good episodes as director, I don't think he got to be the first one to blame for what's Mekakucity Actors has turn out to be. what I'm afraid of is the production value they're willing to put for the OVA. moodie said: Cant believe there are people crying about the art style muh Take. Do you read the novel or you just look at illustrations. Look at 1 comparison and you can tell its very similar. There are plenty more similarities with other characters. Don't let ppl who haven't read the novel fool you. I can't believe that's some people are having issues with other people's dissatisfaction about the art stile. dude chill, they are good but not that's good for me and others that's all. |
monaliAug 26, 2016 5:09 PM
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| @monali I wasnt even talking about you. I posted this 6 hours ago here http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=3858409.msg377364913#msg377364913 And for the discussion at hand. Its fine if you dont like it but its more similar to Take than what any other studio would have done. |
moodie said: You're the resident Shaft fanboy, right? Cant believe there are people crying about the art style muh Take. Do you read the novel or you just look at illustrations. Look at 1 comparison and you can tell its very similar. There are plenty more similarities with other characters. Don't let ppl who haven't read the novel fool you. I remember you saying that Shaft is the only studio which faithfully adapts character designs (which is total bullshit by the way), and when they actually don't you go in full damage control mode. Gotta love it. |
Hongu said: Looks extremely faithful to me.moodie said: You're the resident Shaft fanboy, right? Cant believe there are people crying about the art style muh Take. Do you read the novel or you just look at illustrations. Look at 1 comparison and you can tell its very similar. There are plenty more similarities with other characters. Don't let ppl who haven't read the novel fool you. I remember you saying that Shaft is the only studio which faithfully adapts character designs (which is total bullshit by the way), and when they actually don't you go in full damage control mode. Gotta love it. |
moodie said: @monali I wasnt even talking about you. I posted this 6 hours ago here http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=3858409.msg377364913#msg377364913 And for the discussion at hand. Its fine if you dont like it but its more similar to Take than what any other studio would have done. but I'm still included in your little criticism, that's why. and I think katanagatari make your last point false. I'm glad they nailed the design for you, but I think they could do a better job. |
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monali said: Sorry I dont want to be rude but I literally didnt even read what you posted when I posted here. moodie said: @monali I wasnt even talking about you. I posted this 6 hours ago here http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=3858409.msg377364913#msg377364913 And for the discussion at hand. Its fine if you dont like it but its more similar to Take than what any other studio would have done. but I'm still included in your little criticism, that's why. and I think katanagatari make your last point false. I'm glad they nailed the design for you, but I think they could do a better job. Its not that they nailed it for me. Its objectively similar. |
moodie said: monali said: Sorry I dont want to be rude but I literally didnt even read what you posted when I posted here. but I'm still included in your little criticism, that's why. and I think katanagatari make your last point false. I'm glad they nailed the design for you, but I think they could do a better job. Its not that they nailed it for me. Its objectively similar. dude you're included me in your little criticism,that's all I care about. and rude for what?? because you didn't read my post and here I am arguing with you,seriously that's fine by me you know. any way I'm happy they objectively nailed the design for you. |
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monali said: Nah it isnt for me. Its for the world. But look you wasting both our times, mostly mine. moodie said: Sorry I dont want to be rude but I literally didnt even read what you posted when I posted here. Its not that they nailed it for me. Its objectively similar. dude you're included me in your little criticism,that's all I care about. and rude for what?? because you didn't read my post and here I am arguing with you,seriously that's fine by me you know. any way I'm happy they objectively nailed the design for you. If you dont like it thats fine. As a person who has the first 2 copies and read the rest online I am excited. Dont quote me unless its relevant. |
moodie said: monali said: Nah it isnt for me. Its for the world. But look you wasting both our times, mostly mine. dude you're included me in your little criticism,that's all I care about. and rude for what?? because you didn't read my post and here I am arguing with you,seriously that's fine by me you know. any way I'm happy they objectively nailed the design for you. If you dont like it thats fine. As a person who has the first 2 copies and read the rest online I am excited. Dont quote me unless its relevant. LOOOOL. seriously you have to do something about your communication attitude. No one wasting your time except yourself, I'm not forcing you to reply okay. And I'm really sorry for taking you seriously. |
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monali said: LOOOOL. seriously you have to do something about your communication attitude. No one wasting your time except yourself, I'm not forcing you to reply okay. And I'm really sorry for taking you seriously. Just wait for the PV. Like when Oregairu 2 character designs looked kind of shitty but once people saw in motion it was alright. Of course we need to see the fludity of the animation first. |
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monali said: My man all I ask is for a relevant response about the anime rather than this back and forth. moodie said: Nah it isnt for me. Its for the world. But look you wasting both our times, mostly mine. If you dont like it thats fine. As a person who has the first 2 copies and read the rest online I am excited. Dont quote me unless its relevant. LOOOOL. seriously you have to do something about your communication attitude. No one wasting your time except yourself, I'm not forcing you to reply okay. And I'm really sorry for taking you seriously. If you want to engage in actual discussion present points. If you just want to throw ad hominems then go somewhere else. I've watched almost everything Shaft has animated so yes I understand how great they are. So when I see these faithful adapted character design as models I know that when its in motion as a high quality OVA it will look great. What do you want from me? If you want a "serious" discussion ill give you that but if you want to feel like a victim then get mad when i dont want to deal with you i wont have it. What do you want? Because ive been on /a/ and twitter talking about this all day and i can keep talking about it. |
| I'm itching to see how these designs will look in motion, the newly released designs today are much better than the Key Visual. I'm not too familiar with Yuki Yase's stuff, so I'm in for a surprise here. Really though, I just wanna see that PV, along with 3-gatsu's. |
| Just want to point out that the toning of character designs are still under development, as stated at the bottom of the cast page on the official site. The coloring in the actual content may very well differ, which is likely. In regards to the designs, they're at least not Akio Watanabe's typical products and seem to sort of try and reproduce Take's original style. It's understandable why many people would want to see Katanagatari-esque designs, but Monogatari Series did fairly well and they didn't quite follow VOFAN's original designs either. |
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moodie said: monali said: My man all I ask is for a relevant response about the anime rather than this back and forth. LOOOOL. seriously you have to do something about your communication attitude. No one wasting your time except yourself, I'm not forcing you to reply okay. And I'm really sorry for taking you seriously. If you want to engage in actual discussion present points. If you just want to throw ad hominems then go somewhere else. I've watched almost everything Shaft has animated so yes I understand how great they are. So when I see these faithful adapted character design as models I know that when its in motion as a high quality OVA it will look great. What do you want from me? If you want a "serious" discussion ill give you that but if you want to feel like a victim then get mad when i dont want to deal with you i wont have it. What do you want? Because ive been on /a/ and twitter talking about this all day and i can keep talking about it. My little remark about katanagatari in the first reply??? You have some serious problems flowing what people saying aren't you. Pay attention to people replies next time. |
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| @monali Ok we will talk about your first post. Take's art in Zaregoto is stunning, so I was really disappointed with the gatari-like designs to be honest. When it comes to that, I personally dont think that Take's art is that great. I can understand why people will think its unique and creative but hey even Japan had an issue with it. Im just using them as evidence because at the end of the day Japan is the one supporting their industry not us. So I believe if they went 1:1 with Take again they would face the same backlash. So I addressed your point with Katana. You know you can have a discussion without being passive aggressive right? Ive been fair and nice to you this whole time. |
moodieAug 26, 2016 6:34 PM
tilthead again. iican voice, uhm, normal? futsu? |
megmicaAug 26, 2016 8:16 PM
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| Very creepy tone and the direction looks great. Surprisingly even with Akio's design in motion it still keeps its charm without looking Gatari-like. Now im really excited for the first OVA. |
| @megmica Can't see the video. Is there one that's not region locked, maybe on Dailymotion? |
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| It's even worse than I thought, oh man. Literally everyone looks like a recolored Monogatari character. They even forced in the head tilt too... |
| >when head tilts are your complaints lol |
Hongu said: It's even worse than I thought, oh man. Literally everyone looks like a recolored Monogatari character. They even forced in the head tilt too... Aren't head tilts SHAFT's signature thing? |
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moodie said: Everyone looks like a Monogatari character. The lighting, atmosphere, direction, everything is literally Monogatari, it's no even like this is a different series at all. Shinbo proving once again that he cannot help himself in self-indulgence, his style is cookie cutter and boring at this point. It's as if he feels the need to shove in the fact that 'hey, I'm the Shaft guy! Here's a headtilt!' every ten seconds. >when head tilts are your complaints lol The music sounds like every Yuki Kajiura song ever. (I'm assuming it's her) It's split into 8 monthly OVAs for some reason. All those episodes and it's only adapting the first novel. Did I mention everything looks trite? Because it does. Oh yeah, and Yuki Kaji. |
Hongu said: They even forced in the head tilt too... There are quite a few head tilts in the novel too, so I wouldn't really say they're forced just by looking at a single shot from the PV. Unless they really go overboard with it in the episodes, that'd be a different matter. |
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Hongu said: They dont look like monogatari characters they look like Akio characters. Which we already expected after the key visual and after seeing the character designs a couple hours ago.moodie said: Everyone looks like a Monogatari character. The lighting, atmosphere, direction, everything is literally Monogatari, it's no even like this is a different series at all. Shinbo proving once again that he cannot help himself in self-indulgence, his style is cookie cutter and boring at this point. It's as if he feels the need to shove in the fact that 'hey, I'm the Shaft guy! Here's a headtilt!' every ten seconds. >when head tilts are your complaints lol The music sounds like every Yuki Kajiura song ever. (I'm assuming it's her) It's split into 8 monthly OVAs for some reason. All those episodes and it's only adapting the first novel. Did I mention everything looks trite? Because it does. Oh yeah, and Yuki Kaji. Shinbo hasnt directed anything in years so please get educated on the industry because that claim is utterly dumb. How is 8 monthly OVAs a bad thing? You rather have a rushed LN adaption go to the news thread and pick a new seasonal anime to watch. |
AntwanMantilla said: @megmica Can't see the video. Is there one that's not region locked, maybe on Dailymotion? Here's a link : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4qiylh_zaregoto-series-ova-vol-1-pv_fun |
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Dylan21 said: What does " Episode Director" mean, then? Didn't he do some kind of director?@tsubasalover Yuki Yase never directed Monogatari Series Second Season only storyboarded a few episodes, should list him rather with Mekaku City Actors which he actually directed for accuracy (as other roles were as episode director). Anyways, I will fix that anyways. |
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Kryptiq said: AntwanMantilla said: @megmica Can't see the video. Is there one that's not region locked, maybe on Dailymotion? Here's a link : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4qiylh_zaregoto-series-ova-vol-1-pv_fun Thanks for the link. It looks really good and I'm excited for this. |
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moodie said: Weren't you the person who kept saying how the designs are faithful to the original? Yet here you are admitting that they're nothing more than Akio Watanabe characters. Nice.Hongu said: They dont look like monogatari characters they look like Akio characters. Which we already expected after the key visual and after seeing the character designs a couple hours ago.Everyone looks like a Monogatari character. The lighting, atmosphere, direction, everything is literally Monogatari, it's no even like this is a different series at all. Shinbo proving once again that he cannot help himself in self-indulgence, his style is cookie cutter and boring at this point. It's as if he feels the need to shove in the fact that 'hey, I'm the Shaft guy! Here's a headtilt!' every ten seconds. The music sounds like every Yuki Kajiura song ever. (I'm assuming it's her) It's split into 8 monthly OVAs for some reason. All those episodes and it's only adapting the first novel. Did I mention everything looks trite? Because it does. Oh yeah, and Yuki Kaji. Shinbo hasnt directed anything in years so please get educated on the industry because that claim is utterly dumb. How is 8 monthly OVAs a bad thing? You rather have a rushed LN adaption go to the news thread and pick a new seasonal anime to watch. And yeah, apparently I don't know how the industry works, because if someone's name is said to be a director then I expect them to be directing. And even if it isn't Shinbo it's one hell of a copycat. The director could have gone and used his own style but all he did was just rip off someone else's. Of course I don't want a rushed adaptation, but to wait almost an entire year for 8 episodes, of which none probably will be Katanagatari's length and instead be a normal TV anime's length, is frustrating. |
Hongu said: You love twisting my words right? Akio's design is similar to Take's new designs for Zaregoto. My man have you picked up the novel or are you trying to be a cute troll.moodie said: Weren't you the person who kept saying how the designs are faithful to the original? Yet here you are admitting that they're nothing more than Akio Watanabe characters. Nice.They dont look like monogatari characters they look like Akio characters. Which we already expected after the key visual and after seeing the character designs a couple hours ago. Shinbo hasnt directed anything in years so please get educated on the industry because that claim is utterly dumb. How is 8 monthly OVAs a bad thing? You rather have a rushed LN adaption go to the news thread and pick a new seasonal anime to watch. And yeah, apparently I don't know how the industry works, because if someone's name is said to be a director then I expect them to be directing. And even if it isn't Shinbo it's one hell of a copycat. The director could have gone and used his own style but all he did was just rip off someone else's. Of course I don't want a rushed adaptation, but to wait almost an entire year for 8 episodes, of which none probably will be Katanagatari's length and instead be a normal TV anime's length, is frustrating. If you are so frustrated dont watch it no one putting a gun to your head. Shinbo is the chief director while the actually director is Yase. In anime the director isnt the end all be all anyways there are people who do storyboard, episode direction, art directors and ect. Im not trying to force you to like this but for me I think this is a great representation of zaregoto in visual form. |
| I love Zaregoto a lot but I know shaft doing a mystery show with Shinbo directing it will be the most confusing shit ever. Art style was adapted alright. No real complaints except for the colour palette being really bright. Don't mind the VAs. Yuki Kajiura hype! Why is it in OVA format over a year period? For fuck sake, they know this'll sell cus shaft and same author as the already popular Monogatari so I don't see the point in a year release. Sellouts. |
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JkayW said: Katanagatari came a year after Bake. It was by your logic supposed to sell cuz hey its Nisio right? It sold less than 10k compared to bake selling 100k. I love Zaregoto a lot but I know shaft doing a mystery show with Shinbo directing it will be the most confusing shit ever. Art style was adapted alright. No real complaints except for the colour palette being really bright. Don't mind the VAs. Yuki Kajiura hype! Why is it in OVA format over a year period? For fuck sake, they know this'll sell cus shaft and same author as the already popular Monogatari so I don't see the point in a year release. Sellouts. Shaft isnt a sure hit, no studio is. |
moodieAug 26, 2016 10:25 PM
| Chief Director: Akiyuki Shinbou (Bakemonogatari) Director: Yuki Yase (Mekaku City Actors) Series Composition: Fuyashi Tou (Koyomimonogatari) Script: Yukito Kizawa (Tsukimonogatari) Art Director: Ken Naitou (Hanamonogatari) Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Owarimonogatari) Director of Photography: Rei Egami (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei) Color Design: Yasuko Watanabe (Nisekoi), Jin Hibino (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru) Shaf is fucking go all out with this anime i think. looking foward to it. |
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tsubasalover said: Dylan21 said: What does " Episode Director" mean, then? Didn't he do some kind of director?@tsubasalover Yuki Yase never directed Monogatari Series Second Season only storyboarded a few episodes, should list him rather with Mekaku City Actors which he actually directed for accuracy (as other roles were as episode director). Anyways, I will fix that anyways. Would take a bit to explain (can read here if you want for a full explantion: http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php/the-anime-production-line) but basically the director is charge of the series as a whole and is higher in hierachy than an episode director. Also best to list what he directed as don't say which episodes he did in the forum post (although could check by clicking his name). |
Dylan21 said: Ok, thank you for explaining.Would take a bit to explain (can read here if you want for a full explantion: http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php/the-anime-production-line) but basically the director is charge of the series as a whole and is higher in hierachy than an episode director. Also best to list what he directed as don't say which episodes he did in the forum post (although could check by clicking his name). |
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moodie said: JkayW said: Katanagatari came a year after Bake. It was by your logic supposed to sell cuz hey its Nisio right? It sold less than 10k compared to bake selling 100k. I love Zaregoto a lot but I know shaft doing a mystery show with Shinbo directing it will be the most confusing shit ever. Art style was adapted alright. No real complaints except for the colour palette being really bright. Don't mind the VAs. Yuki Kajiura hype! Why is it in OVA format over a year period? For fuck sake, they know this'll sell cus shaft and same author as the already popular Monogatari so I don't see the point in a year release. Sellouts. Shaft isnt a sure hit, no studio is. If you're counting the re-release for Bakemonogatari than yeah Katanagatari did sell over 10k. |
| Would still have loved the art to be closer to Katanagatari(its a bit too monogatari here tbh), but still looks great. Talking about prod staff, Shinbou is good but he most likely is just a name there. Still hoping he is somehow involved with Fate/Extra adaptation. Yuki Yase did direct some great episodes of both madoka and gatari, if to ignore the mekaku nonsense. Ken Naitou is responsible for Hanamonogatari's art direction which was fucking best. Let's see which animators they are going to use for this tho. |
AhenshihaelAug 27, 2016 2:10 AM
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| I like the music a lot but the visuals look boring tbh. The quick shot with the crows really gave me -gatari vibes. |
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